Try out my oven baked doughnut recipe without doughnut pan: guaranteed tasty, healthy and fluffy donuts from scratch! Add a cup of tea or coffee, and you are ready for breakfast!
What!
And oven baked doughnut recipe with yeast, are you kidding me?
What is wrong with the deep fried ones?
This baked doughnut recipe is a good and healthy alternative for the classic fried donuts! Hey, don’t get me wrong here.
I love those as well.
With the chocolate and sprinkles and everything.
I recently wrote an article about carbs and why they are so delicious but not exactly the healthiest food to eat, an eye opener!
Fried vs. Oven Baked
Yes, do like the classic doughnuts from time to time.
Especially when I am in town doing some shopping and I crave a sweet bite with my afternoon cup of coffee.
However I don’t have a deep fat fryer in my kitchen anymore. Because I tossed out that oily mess a couple of years ago while I was in the process of moving to the place where I live now.
Bye bye calories.
No, I bought a Philips air fryer to replace that deep fat fryer: healthy fries and such!
Deep Fat Fryer vs. Air Fryer
And that is also why I need to find another way to make doughnuts now.
Someone once asked me if they could bake these doughnuts from scratch below in an air fryer.
Honestly, I haven’t tried that. But I know that people bake lots of treats in air fryers now so I would definitely give it a try next time!
I can hear you ask: what if you want fries with that steak dinner?
You are Belgian!
And you are right. But here’s how we do steak and fries dinners: we go pick up a portion of freshly fried Belgian fries at the fries shack just around the corner.
Easy!
Best Oven Baked Doughnut Recipe with Yeast
Have you baked with yeast before?
It is pretty easy actually. If you follow the recipe by the book, then you will definitely get those fluffy and light baked doughnuts in the end.
These donuts below are simply baked in the oven.
No oil and no fuss either. And no blown-up stomachs or regrets afterwards!
I love donuts to bits.
You can chill the doughy donuts in the fridge overnight (cover them with cling film) and then bake them off in a hot oven in the morning for breakfast.
Make Ahead Breakfast
Baking these doughnuts only takes about 8 minutes.
So what do you think about a couple of freshly oven baked doughnuts and a few cups of coffee… Anyone care to join me?
Someone asked me if you can bake these donuts in an airfryer.
Well I am not entirely sure, I have never tried it before. I once saw a food blogger bake a cake in an airfryer and it looked just amazing.
So perhaps I should give it a try next time I make my oven baked doughnut recipe again.
Airfryer
Do you love this oven baked doughnut recipe and baking with yeast?
Then you should also check out another lovely yeast baking challenge: my Belgian rice pie, a soft yeast shell filled with baked rice pudding.
What a treat!
Enjoy!
Best Oven Baked Doughnut Recipe: For The Dough
Baked Doughnut Recipe
Prep Time
30 mins
Cook Time
0 mins
Resting Time
2 hrs
Total Time
2 hrs 30 mins
Let's make this dougnnut dough from scratch first!
Course: Breakfast, Dessert, Snack
Cuisine: American
Servings: 10 doughnuts
Calories per serving: 203 kcal
Ingredients
- 14 oz plain flour (400 g)
- ⅔ cup whole milk (160 ml), warm
- 1 ¼ tsp active dry yeast
- ⅓ cup caster sugar (75 g)
- 1 medium egg lightly beaten
- 1 tbsp unsalted butter
- salt
Instructions
Add a few tablespoons of the warm milk to a small cup and stir in the yeast.
Put this mixture aside for 10 minutes. Melt the butter in the remaining warm milk.
Then add the flour, sugar and beaten egg to a blender. Season with salt.
Blend a few times and then add the buttery milk.
Pulse again and then add the yeast milk.
Blend into a wet dough.
Transfer the dough onto a lightly floured surface and knead it for 2 minutes. Shape it into a little ball and place in a lightly oiled bowl or dish. Cover with a clean kitchen towel and let the dough rise in a warm place until it has doubled in volume. This will take about 2 hours.
Easy Baked Doughnuts Recipe
Baked Doughnut Recipe
Prep Time
30 mins
Cook Time
8 mins
Resting Time
30 mins
Total Time
1 hr 8 mins
Try out my oven baked doughnut recipe: guaranteed tasty, healthy and fluffy donuts from scratch! Add a cup of tea or coffee, and you are ready for breakfast!
Course: Breakfast, Dessert, Snack
Cuisine: American
Servings: 10 doughnuts
Calories per serving: 203 kcal
Ingredients
- plain flour for kneading and rolling
- 3 oz unsalted butter (80 g), melted
- 5 tbsp caster sugar
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
Instructions
Knead the dough again for a minute and roll it out until it is about ½-inch (1,3 mm) thick.
Cut out even circles (use a serving ring or a glass) and remove the centers using a smaller diameter ring or glass. You can bake the donut holes separately or make a new dough ball from the remaining dough and cut out more donuts.
Place the donuts on a sheet of baking paper and let them rise for another 30 minutes in a warm place.
Bake the donuts in a preheated oven at 375°F (190°C) for 8 minutes. Don't overcook them or the center will not be light and fluffy!!Remove the freshly baked donuts from the oven. Decorate them the way you like: melted chocolate, icing sugar, chocolate sprinkles… I brushed mine with some melted butter (do this while the donuts are still hot) and dip them in a mixture of caster sugar and cinnamon.
Oven Baked Doughnut Recipe – KitchenAid Cook Processor
Try out my oven baked doughnut recipe: guaranteed tasty, healthy and fluffy donuts from scratch! Add a cup of tea or coffee, and you are ready for breakfast!
Oh hey, we are making a dough from scratch today.
With yeast!
I love cooking with yeast.
How about you?
From Scratch
So guess what, you can also prepare the dough for these baked doughnuts in your KitchenAid Cook Processor, did you know that?
And why is that?
Because the Cook Processor contains a dough program, with which you can mix and combine your dough and then let it rise undisturbed in the Cook Processor bowl, a warm and closed environment for some time.
So let’s get this doughnut dough started!
Enjoy!
Best Oven Baked Doughnut Recipe: For The Dough
Baked Doughnut Recipe
Prep Time
30 mins
Cook Time
0 mins
Resting Time
2 hrs
Total Time
2 hrs 30 mins
Let's make this dougnnut dough from scratch first!
Course: Breakfast, Dessert, Snack
Cuisine: American
Servings: 10 doughnuts
Calories per serving: 203 kcal
Ingredients
- 14 oz plain flour (400 g)
- ⅔ cup whole milk (160 ml)
- 1 ¼ tsp active dry yeast
- ⅓ cup caster sugar (75 g)
- 1 medium egg lightly beaten
- 1 tbsp unsalted butter
- salt
Instructions
1. Add the milk, butter and yeast to the bowl of the Cook Processor fitted with the dough knife.
2. Close the lid and select Dough P1. Press Start to select Step 1 and press Start again to activate the program.
3. After that, also add the flour, sugar and beaten egg to a blender. Season with a little pinch of salt.
4. Close the lid again and press Start to activate Step 2.
5. Then check the dough after that. It should be a moist dough.
6. Close the lid and adjust the time to 2 hours (instead of 30 minutes) Then press Start to activate Step 3. This will let the dough rise for 2 hours. After that it should have doubled in volume.
Easy Baked Doughnuts Recipe
Baked Doughnut Recipe
Prep Time
30 mins
Cook Time
8 mins
Total Time
38 mins
Try out my oven baked doughnut recipe: guaranteed tasty, healthy and fluffy donuts from scratch! Add a cup of tea or coffee, and you are ready for breakfast!
Course: Breakfast, Dessert, Snack
Cuisine: American
Servings: 10 doughnuts
Calories per serving: 203 kcal
Ingredients
- plain flour for kneading and rolling
- 3 oz unsalted butter (80 g) melted
- 5 tbsp caster sugar
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
Instructions
1. Knead the dough again for a minute and roll it out until it is about ½-inch (1,3 mm) thick.
2. Cut out even circles (use a serving ring or a glass) and remove the centers using a smaller diameter ring or glass. You can bake the donut holes separately or make a new dough ball from the remaining dough and cut out more donuts.
3. Place the donuts on a sheet of baking paper and let them rise for another 30 minutes in a warm place.
4. Bake the donuts in a preheated oven at 375°F (190°C) for 8 minutes. Don't overcook them or the center will not be light and fluffy!!
5. Remove the freshly baked donuts from the oven. Decorate them the way you like: melted chocolate, icing sugar, chocolate sprinkles… I brushed mine with some melted butter (do this while the donuts are still hot) and dip them in a mixture of caster sugar and cinnamon.
Where do donuts come from?
Donuts are believed to have originated in North America, with the earliest known recipe found in a cookbook published in 1803.
However, some sources suggest that theyoriginated in Europe,andbrought to the United States in the early 19th centurywhen Dutch settlers in the United States made a sweetened doughnut-like cake known as an olykoek (a Dutch word meaning “oil cake”). The olykoek were round cakes of sweetened dough deep-fried in pork fat.
The exact inventor of the donut is unknown, however it isbelieved that a Dutch baker from the early 19th century, Hanson Gregory, was the first to put a hole in the center of a donut,creating the modern–day form of the pastry.
Are oven baked doughnuts healthier than deep fried donuts?
Yes,my ovenbaked doughnut recipeisa lot healthier than deep fried donuts, as they contain less fat and calories.
Additionally, ovenbaked donuts are usually made witha bunch of healthier ingredients, such as whole wheat flour and natural sweeteners.
How many calories does one deep fried donut have?
A single deep fried donut typically contains around 240 to 340 calories.
Onesingle oven baked donut typically has around 100 to150 calories.
But why is that exactly?
Because deep frying adds more calories to food because the food is cooked in oil, which is a high–calorie substance. The oil penetrates the food, adding more fat and calories.
Depending on what topping you add, that calorie count will go up even more. Chocolate frosting is typically the donut topping with the most calories.
